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November 2, 2016 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Daniel Boone was born on this day in 1734. Photos stylized by August Gibbs

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Greetings, Brooklyn. Today is the 307th day of the year.

ON THIS DAY IN 1920, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an article titled “Judge Is Lenient to Penitent Son.”

The article focused on a day of sentencing for three local men.

“George Meyer, 22 … who pleaded guilty to taking Liberty Bonds valued at $500 from his mother and selling them for $450 and spending the proceeds in having a ‘good time,’ was given a suspended sentence,” the Eagle reported. “He promised Judge Humphrey that he would go to work and reimburse his mother.”

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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include political commentator PAT BUCHANAN, who was born in 1938; football player JIMMY GAROPPOLO, who was born in 1991; researcher and author SHERE HITE, who was born in 1942; singer K.D. LANG, who was born in 1961; rapper NELLY, who was born in 1974; actress STEFANIE POWERS, who was born in 1942; golfer DAVE STOCKTON, who was born in 1941; and Wisconsin Gov. SCOTT WALKER.

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DANIEL BOONE was born on this day in 1734. The American frontiersman, explorer and militia officer was captured at Blue Licks, Kentucky in 1778 by Shawnee Indians, under Chief Blackfish, and was adopted by the chief and inducted into the tribe as “Big Turtle.” Boone escaped after five months and in 1781 was captured briefly by the British. He experienced a series of personal and financial disasters during his life but continued a rugged existence, hunting until his 80s. Boone died in 1820.

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WARREN G. HARDING was born on this day in 1865. Harding was the 29th president of the U.S. and served from March 9, 1921 to Aug. 2, 1923. Although he won the presidency with the highest popular vote yet, he was later regarded as one of the nation’s worst presidents. His undistinguished administration was plagued by cronyism and corruption, the full extent of which wasn’t apparent until after his sudden death.

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BURT LANCASTER was born in Manhattan on this day in 1913. The distinguished American actor began his career in show business as a circus acrobat. In a career spanning nearly 45 years, he appeared in nearly 80 films and won an Oscar. He died in 1994.

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ON THIS DAY IN 1918, the Brighton Beach Express, exceeding its speed limit five times over (going 30 mph) while approaching the station near the Malbone Street tunnel in Brooklyn, jumped the tracks, killing 97 people and injuring 100. The supervisor-engineer, taking the place of a striking motorman of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, was tried and acquitted of charges of negligence.

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THE BROOKLYN HISTORICAL Society will host “Breaking the Segregated Schools Cycle: From Desegregation to Meaningful Integration” tonight at 6:30 p.m. at 128 Pierrepont St. Professor Amy Stuart Wells will host the discussion. For more information, visit brooklynhistory.org.

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Special thanks to “Chase’s Calendar of Events” and Brooklyn Public Library.

“Life is so impermanent that it’s not about somebody else or things around me, it’s about knowing you are completely alone in this world and being content inside.” — k.d. lang, who was born on this day in 1961